Blinded by the light of a UFO ~ James W. Flynn talks witnessing a hovering cone-shaped object, 1965

On Friday, March 12, 1965, James W. Flynn, rancher and former constable, of Fort Myers, Florida, climbed into his truck, with a swamp buggy in back, and headed deep into the Everglades to “work” four of his hunting dogs. He had been training dogs for his own benefit all his life and, according to his wife, “grew up in those swamps.” Like the native inhabitants, the Seminoles, he is an experienced woodsman.
After driving as far as he could on the regular road, Flynn unloaded his swamp buggy and proceeded at a snail’s pace through the swampy back country.
On Sunday evening, March 14, the dogs spotted a deer and gave chase. Flynn heard them baying and barking in the distance. One of the dogs returned. Then Flynn heard what sounded like a shot. Fearing for this dogs, he started the buggy and headed in the direction of the noise.
As he was still driving, at 1 a.m., March 15, he first saw a strange cone-shaped object hovering about 200 feet over some cypress trees. The UFO flew to the northeast but returned to its original position in two or three minutes. After hovering again for close to five minutes, it spurted off to the southwest, but returned a few minutes later to “a small knoll among some cypress trees.” Flynn followed, thinking it might be a helicopter.
The witness approached to within a quarter of a mile and spotted the object through an opening in the dense vegetation. Looking through his binoculars, he saw it was not a helicopter. Perhaps some new device from Cape Kennedy in some sort of trouble? It appeared to be about 25 feet high, slightly larger in diameter, and it had four tiers of windows emitting a yellowish glow. After watching for about 40 minutes, Flynn decided to approach it and offer help.
As Flynn got closer he heard a noise “like a Diesel generator.” The sound disturbed one of his dogs. He saw that the UFO was actually hovering about four feet off the ground. Within 200 yards, he stopped the buggy. The dog “was howling in his cage and trying to get out.” Jumping out of the vehicle, the witness approached the object, waving his arms in an attempt to elicit a response. Then, with “a jet-like noise,” the UFO emitted a blast of “wind” that almost knocked him down. He very cautiously approached to within a few yards, still waving, when the object shot off a light like a “welder’s torch.”
Flynn immediately blacked out. He regained consciousness once, then blacked out again. When he finally awoke, the sun was shining. It was Tuesday morning. He had been lying unconscious in the Everglades for more than a full day’s cycle. He tried to focus his vision, but discovered that he could only see a little out of his left eye. His right eye was totally blinded.
The nearly-blinded woodsman gathered his dogs and began the long trek home in his buggy, stopping at the home of a Seminole Indian, Henry Osceola. Osceola helped him back to his truck and he continued onto East Fort Myers alone, arriving about noon on Wednesday.
On the day of his return home, Flynn was examined by a Fort Myers ophthalmologist.
Flynn also had a small dark spot on his forehead, “about the size you’d make by twisting an eraser around on it.” According to Mrs. Flynn, her husband suffered loss of hearing and became numb during one of his days in the hospital.

-- The Everglades Case: http://www.nicap.org/reports/650315rep2.htm

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